The purpose of the C-4 district is to establish and preserve a highway business district.

(Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

Except as otherwise provided, no new building, structure, or land use shall be permitted in the C-4 district, except:

1.

Animal shelters, animal clinics, and animal boarding and treatment centers;

2.

Assembly of devices or instruments, or packaging of products from previously prepared materials;

3.

Automobile parks;

4.

Automobile sales and repair areas and shops;

5.

Automobile service stations, automobile service centers, and public garages;

6.

Bed and breakfast;

7.

Bed and breakfast homestay;

8.

Bed and breakfast inn;

9.

Builders' supply yards;

10.

Churches;

11.

Clubs and lodges;

12.

Commercial dairies (excluding dairy farms);

13.

Commercial laundries;

14.

Convenience establishment, high volume;

15.

Dance studios;

16.

Day-care, adult;

17.

Child care center;

18.

Family child care center - zoning review;

19.

Family child care home;

20.

Family child care home - zoning review;

21.

Drive-in/through facilities such as restaurants, package liquors, branch banks, etc.;

22.

Farm implement sales and service;

23.

Frozen food lockers;

24.

Gaming/gambling;

25.

Greenhouses;

26.

Grocery stores;

27.

Group homes;

28.

Heliports;

29.

Homes for the homeless (emergency shelters);

30.

Hotels, motels;

31.

Kennels;

32.

Manufactured home (mobile) sales;

33.

Medical laboratories, clinics, health spas, rehabilitation centers, real estate brokers, insurance agents, and public health facilities;

34.

Nurseries;

35.

Offices, general and professional;

36.

Parks, playgrounds, historical sites, golf courses, and other similar recreational facilities;

37.

Pawn shops;

38.

Personal service shops;

39.

Pet supplies;

40.

Plumbing, welding, electrical supply, service shops, and fabrication shops;

41.

Printing and newspaper houses;

42.

Public utility and public service installations and facilities, including repair and storage facilities;

43.

Radio and television stations, including transmitting and receiving towers;

44.

Recreation centers, restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, and retail business;

45.

Retail businesses;

46.

Sale barns;

47.

Trade or business schools;

48.

Transportation depots;

49.

Truck/car stops;

50.

Warehouses, indoor and outdoor storage.

51.

Sexually oriented businesses, pursuant to all regulations set forth in Section 9.24.110 of the municipal code;

52.

Neighborhood assembly uses;

53.

Regional assembly uses;

54.

Branch community facilities;

55.

Neighborhood grocery.

(Ord. 27-01 § 22, 2001: Ord. 13-99 § 1 (part), 1999: Ord. 14-98 § 22, 1998; Ord. 15-93 (part), 1993; Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

(Ord. No. 8-10, § 1, 4-6-2010; Ord. No. 12-11, § 1(B), (C), 3-21-2011; Ord. No. 16-11, §§ 2(D), 4(A), 4-19-2011; Ord. No. 10-20, § 1, 5-19-2020)

A.

Lot Area. Four thousand square feet.

B.

Yard Requirements.

1.

Front yard setback, zero feet;

2.

Rear yard setback, none required except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the rear yard setback shall be ten feet;

3.

Side yard setback, none, except a commercially zoned lot adjoining a residentially zoned lot where the side yard shall be ten feet.

C.

Buffering. For commercial developments which adjoin residential properties, one of the six buffering alternatives expressed in Appendix C of this title shall be developed to reduce noise and increase visual privacy.

(Ord. 28-08 § 25, 2008; Ord. 14-98 § 23, 1998; Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

The following are conditional uses in the C-4 district:

A.

Parking lots;

B.

Recycling businesses;

C.

Other compatible uses, as determined by the commission.

(Ord. 20-94 § 4 (part), 1994; Ord. 15-93 (part), 1993: Ord. 5-91 (part), 1991)

(Ord. No. 10-20, § 2, 5-19-2020)